University of Zambia Don Lubinda Haabazoka has charged
that educated people are the ones to blame for Zambia’s
under development.
According to Lusaka Times, Dr Haabazoka formerly of the Copperbelt University School
of Business said the majority of Zambians have lost
confidence in educated Zambians because they do not
relate to them.
He charged that educated people in the country have failed
to help solve Zambia’s problems.
“I would like to agree with the late the Micheal Sata who
once said that we educated people are cowards!!! The
reason most of us were trained using tax payers money was
for us to come and help develop this nation! My fellow
engineers by now should have come up with cheap motor
vehicles which us economists would have marketed across
the globe,” Dr Haabazoka said.
“It’s true when our late President says God has stopped
giving out land. This land and other profitable companies
we are giving out will come back to haunt us in the future.
Educated people in this country have failed to help solve
Zambia’s problems. We no longer speak for the poor and
close our windows at the traffic lights when street kids start
begging for money. What we do not know is that our under
privileged citizens look up to us for solutions for the many
problems that we face.”
Dr Haabazoka added, “You find that when one person
speaks out, other academicians will be the first to speak out
and condemn instead of operationalizing the idea. Prof
Clive Chirwa came to help and instead spent most of his
time in court! Fought by jealous colleagues! People even
called him all sorts of names! He went back. Where is
Zambia railways now? What have we achieved?”
“We even say let children learn in local languages! Only the
under privileged children are learning in local languages
such that when they meet our children at grade 12 level,
our children will outshine them because those won’t know
any English!!! Which international research forum do they
discuss in Swahili? Lozi? Bemba? Tonga? Nyanja?” he charged,
“We live in a comfort zone, receive salaries,
allowances and are scared to even utter a word for fear of
losing the comfort zone. Let us help those that are both in
power or seeking to get power with ideas! We need to lobby
them to do the right thing!! When we go with ideas, the
price of these ideas should be zero. Advise the government,
advise the opposition parties and that way we shall have
harmony in this country.”
Dr Haabazoka stressed that the majority of Zambians have
lost confidence in educated Zambians because they don’t
relate to them.
“We build mansions, live in secluded neighbourhoods and
turn our backs on this nation!!!! Let us wake up! We only
have one Zambia. Our first assignment is to burry tribal and
political divisions in the nation. The ball is in our court,” he
said.
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